Ski fitting



April 13 1926.

9 1,580,292 G. w. EASDALE ET AL SKI FITTING/ Original File-:1 March 20.1924 a m M dents oi the city of- Ottawa,

of Ontario and Dominion ot Patented Apr.

1 1 UNIT GEORGE WASHINGTON EAsn Application filed. M

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Be it known that we, GEORGE lV srn'NeroN EASDALE and FRANK lViLrnnnBEDARD, sub.-*

'ects of the King invented certain ments in Ski Fittings, mg is aspecification.

ot GreatBritain, and resi- 111 the Province new of which the follow-This invention relates to improvements in ski fittings, and the objectsot the lnventiou are to provide an nomically constru ter for securely hon a ski.

Further objects are bination with fastening means boot, flexible andfixedly-mounted on a ski etlective, durable and ecocteddeviceo't thischaracolding the boot ot a ski-er adjustable securing means gage withsaid boot, whereby the boot or plates and held there.

' Still further obj ects fastening means of be made of mater that willbe of good appearance, will not in any way are the provision of ial thatwill not wear out, i and that hamper on the contrary, Wlll greatlyfacilitate and add to the pleasure Y can be fitted to any Yet furtherobj ski fitting of this entirely eliminate Yet another object is theprovision of device of this description of ski-ing, and which boot andski. cots are to provide a light character that will almost the use ofstraps.

a that will be read ily adjustable and that, while being flexible,

will not friction with snow,

be cumbersome -or likely to cause or to exert an unnecessary strain onany part of the foot of the et still further object is the provision ofa ski fitting of this character that can be much more economicallymanufactured and placed on the market than anything of the kind atpresent in use.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsessentially in the device an embodiment of which is described in thepresent specification and illustrated by the accompanying part of thesame.

Referring now drawings that form to the drawings, in which Canada, have.and useful Improve ting detached from the sin.

to provide, in comv carriedby a.

and designed to enretained securely on tightly into the side I thischaracter that can the ski-er but,

' when the ski boot is formed therein,

arch 20, 1924, Seria1 No. 700,612. Renewed December 30, 1925. l

'. like characters of. reference indicate corresponding parts in eachfigure:

' Figure. 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of our improved skifitting with a boot.

Figure 2 is a plan view withthe boot shown in dotted lines.

' Figure 3 is a perspective'detail of the fit- 6 .Figure 4: 's a detailof a modified form of the engaging means'carriedby the boot.

.Figure 5 is a section on 1ine 5-5 of Fig- A designates aski, and

indicates the side plates,

well-known construction, between which the vfront ot' the boot tits, andwhich are provided with the, usual toe strap 11. The toe of the boot, ashereshown, has fixed In the drawings,

of any secured on the sole a T-shaped plate 12 protruding slightlybeyond thetoe of the boot :and having a receiving opening .13 therein. l

- This plate, constitutes one element in our improved fittingand, whileit is here shown asfsecured'ingthe sole of the boot and ofT- shapedconstruction, it can be of any'suitable I material and is adapted to becarried by the boot in any convenient way. For instance, beingmanufactured, it may be embedded in the sole of the boot and instead of,as here shown, protruding beyond the toe of the boot it may be, as shownin the modified form in Figure 4;, carried in the sole of the boot, theessential feature of this element being that it is adapted to engage,with an adjustable retaining member 14 secured on the ski and comprisinga plate 15 designed, through openings 16 therein, to be fixedly mountedon'the ski, and formed with a looped end 17 adapted to pivotally engagewith a U-shaped member 18": This member 18 is in turn pivotallyconnected at its outer ends to a tongue or lever member 18 formed withside flaps 18 and in turn pivotally connected at its lower end with aplate or metallic strap 19, through an eye 19 the other end of themember 19 being bent to detachably engage with the boot carried plate12. The tongue or lever member 18, it will be noted, is pivotallyconnected to the member 18 substantially midway of the length of theformer, 1 and, pivotally connected at its lower end to the plate 19,will on being moved upwardly to a vertical position cause the strap 19to move outwardly releasing the tension thereon while on the lever ortongue 18 being moved downwardly to the position as illustrated in thedifferent figures, the plate 19 will be drawn back'wardly therebytensioning it and retaining it in a tensi'oned position, providing asteady pull forward on the boot to hold the boot securely between theside plates 10.

It is also possible with our improved fitting to dispense with the toestrap. The buckle on the ski fastenings being a tightening buckle, thepull on the boot to retain it securely within the plates isauton'iatically continuous.

From the foregoing, the operation of our improved fitting will beapparent, and also the essential and novel features of it comprising atightening buckle operatively mounted on the ski, in combination withengaging means carried by the boot, and means Xedly mount on the ski forholding the buckle, and adjustable means carried by the buckle andadapted to engage with the engaging means, all designed to exert acontinuous and even pull on the forward part of a ski boot to retain itsecurely between the side plates on the ski.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of our invention, within thescope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit orscope thereof, it is intended that all inatter contained in theaccompanying specification and claims shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What we claim as our invention is:

l. A ski-fitting of the character described, comprising engaging meanson the ski boot, a plate rigidly secured to the ski and formed with aloop at one end, a yoke member adapted to pivotally engagewith saidloop, a lever pivotally connected to the yoke member and a strippivotally mounted on the lever member and adapted to detachably engagewith the engaging means on the boot whereby on said lever being moved tovertical position and beyond, the boot engaging plate is moved outwardlyand whereby on said le ver being moved downwardly to a horzon'talposition, the boot engaging plate is tensioned.

2. Ina device of the character described, the eon'ibination withengaging means on the ski and boot, of a yoke pivotally connected to theski, a tongue pivotally connected to the yoke, a strip or platepivotally connected to the tongue and adapted to detachably engage withthe engaging means on the boot.

3. The combination with a pair of rigidly mounted plates of a yokepivotally mounted on one of said plates and a lever swinging-1y mountedin said yoke and a plate pivotally mounted on the lever and adapted todetachably engage with one of said pair of plates.

our hands. 1

In witness whereof we have hereunto set P GEORGE WASHENGTON EASDALE.FRANK WILFRED BEDARD.

